Gerbil ranching discussion

[Rusty Shackleford]

I do my best. I hear that Rusty is actually the best gerbil rancher in the lower forty eight.

I hope you're not making light of Gerbil ranching. The spring is a difficult time since we send them out to pasture. We drive them damn near 800 miles combined each year, and each year we lose a man or two to rustlers.

Compared to other Gerbil operations, yeah, we're the safest and have the largest herd. Some of the other folk lose every head to a freak lightning storm, and others barely come back alive when rustlers get 'em.

It's a hard life though, tax man bleeds you dry, fees everywhere for crossing land, food, all that sort of stuff.


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[BIXX]

I hope you're not making light of Gerbil ranching. The spring is a difficult time since we send them out to pasture. We drive them damn near 800 miles combined each year, and each year we lose a man or two to rustlers.

Compared to other Gerbil operations, yeah, we're the safest and have the largest herd. Some of the other folk lose every head to a freak lightning storm, and others barely come back alive when rustlers get 'em.

It's a hard life though, tax man bleeds you dry, fees everywhere for crossing land, food, all that sort of stuff.


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You petty bourgeois animal-oppressor!

(Jk)

[Rusty Shackleford]

You petty bourgeois animal-oppressor!

(Jk)

Petit Bourgeois? More like rich peasant.

[Il Medico]

I hope you're not making light of Gerbil ranching. The spring is a difficult time since we send them out to pasture. We drive them damn near 800 miles combined each year, and each year we lose a man or two to rustlers.

Compared to other Gerbil operations, yeah, we're the safest and have the largest herd. Some of the other folk lose every head to a freak lightning storm, and others barely come back alive when rustlers get 'em.

It's a hard life though, tax man bleeds you dry, fees everywhere for crossing land, food, all that sort of stuff.


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Of course not my good man! I spent some time in the gerbil ranching business myself. Bloody hard work, but immensely satisfying. I had to give up the life though, after I lost my herd and both of my hands in a freak guinea pig stampede. I still wake up in a cold sweat sometimes when I dream of that fateful night. :crying:

[Sentinel]

I accidentally missed this while splitting the main diversion from TAT's thread. It is pretty entertaining and seems to continue though so I'm moving it to Chit Chat instead of trashing it. :grin:

[BIXX]

Petit Bourgeois? More like rich peasant.


You fucking kulak!

[Rusty Shackleford]

You fucking kulak!

Considering the fact that Gerbil Ranching is currently underdeveloped, it only makes sense that semiprivate ownership, investment, and decisison making be the mode of operation for such an endeavor. Do you expect greenhorns to know how to handle a herd of Gerbils while simultaneously taking fire from would be Gerbilnappers?

[Art Vandelay]

What would be your tips for an individual looking to get his foot into the door of the gerbil ranching profession?

[Rusty Shackleford]

First and foremost, get in contact with the local live stock market and see if you can get your hands on a few dozen gerbils for breeding. Even before that you are going to need some land. Depending on why you are raising them, you may not need to worry about pasture every spring.

If you ain't got money, get a loan. Feed, medicine, hired hands, play sets and running wheels all cost money. Lots of it